Warlords: Rise of the System

A group of high-ranking officials in the bandit’s military headquarters engaged in a heated discussion.

Prime Minister Tanaka Fumio said, “I didn’t expect that a small warlord force would cause us so much trouble.

The explicit notice issued by Lu Tianhao has now risen to the level of an international issue, and we have to deal with it.

Everyone, please share your opinions and see how this problem can be solved."

Foreign Minister Hiroyuki Murakami said, “I didn’t expect that a small warlord would know how to use public opinion.

Since he wants to use public opinion to suppress us, we might as well use public opinion to suppress him.

The weapons of mass destruction he used happened to be photographed by journalists from various countries, so they could be used to write articles about it.”

Army Chief of Staff Koji Miyazaki also spoke up, "Our army used their people as a shield, and this was also a last resort.

As a soldier, I also feel ashamed of this behavior.

Since Lu Tianhao wants to use public opinion to force us to give up arresting their people as a shield.

We can also use public opinion to force him to give up using weapons of mass destruction.

As long as he doesn't use weapons of mass destruction, do you think he can escape the encirclement and suppression of our large army?"

Foreign Minister Murakami Hiroko nodded and said, “I will contact the ambassadors of various countries and ask them to publish articles in major newspapers to condemn Lu Tianhao’s crimes.

This is to force Lu Tianhao not to use weapons of mass destruction.

I believe that all countries are quite wary of the power of this weapon of mass destruction, and they will definitely agree to our proposal to prohibit Lu Tianhao from using this weapon of mass destruction."

The senior officials had a detailed discussion and finally Foreign Minister Hiroyuki Murakami implemented the agreed plan.

In the joint command center of the bandits' north and south fronts, a group of generals were discussing matters at this time.

Commander Zuo Chuan Xiutian spoke first, "Although we can now use planes and artillery to bomb Lu Tianhao's troops.

However, our ground offensive forces are unable to launch an attack for the time being.

Lu Tianhao has already made a written statement that if we use their people as a shield to launch a ground attack.

It is very likely that this will lead to extreme actions on their part, and they may actually assassinate our people.

According to the information reported, Lu Tianhao has a large number of elite soldiers with extraordinary skills under his command.

In their night raid last night, they killed nearly 3000 of us without making a single move. Their methods were brutal, clean and efficient.

Our soldiers were unable to resist them.

If Lu Tianhao really sent these troops to assassinate our people in Tianlong Country, it would be absolutely disastrous for our overseas Chinese."

Chief of Staff Kazuo Ohshima said, "If we don't launch a ground attack on Lu Tianhao, when will we be able to eliminate him?

Lu Tianhao's army is now almost surrounded by us.

If we don't eliminate them now, once they escape, it will be difficult to encircle and suppress them later.

Deputy Chief of Staff Kitahara Osamu also spoke up, "Now is our best chance, even if it means sacrificing some of our overseas Chinese, we cannot let the tiger go back to the mountains.

While Lu Tianhao still cares about the lives of the people, we can use their people as a shield.

Once Lu Tianhao no longer cares about the lives of these civilians, all our efforts in encirclement and suppression will be in vain.

Lu Tianhao is currently hesitating, so we must seize this opportunity. Once we miss it, we may never have it again.

Commander, please give the order to attack immediately.

We will use his people as a shield and see how he defends himself."

The headquarters fell into silence. The bandit generals still agreed with this proposal and they were all waiting for the commander to give orders.

After a long while, Zuochuan Xiutian spoke, "I can't give this order now.

I have already passed the message back to the General Staff Headquarters, and all instructions still have the final say from the General Staff Headquarters.

Our ground forces have no way to attack now, but our aircraft and artillery are fully capable of bombing Lu Tianhao's troops.

With the people as a shield, our artillery positions don't have to worry about being counterattacked by Lu Tianhao's army.

Let our artillery increase the intensity of the bombing and bombard the area where Lu Tianhao's troops are located."

Lu Tianhao was also very depressed at this time. With the common people acting as shields for the bandit troops, many military operations could not be carried out against the bandits at all.

The scouts have already discovered the bandits' artillery positions, but because of the presence of the civilians, there is no way to counterattack the bandits' artillery positions.

The bandits seemed to know this as they did not put up any defenses for their artillery positions.

Guard Commander Du Xiaowei couldn't stand it any longer and said, "Division Commander, the bandits are so rampant, you should just disperse our guard regiment.

We cannot use cannons to counterattack the bandits' artillery positions, but we can destroy their artillery positions."

Lu Tianhao nodded slightly, "I won't let them be so arrogant for too long.

It is true as you said, we cannot fight back with heavy weapons, but we can fight back with people.

If we attack during the day, our tracks will be easily exposed.

Tonight, we will launch another large-scale night raid on the bandits to put a stop to their arrogance."

Lu Tianhao has made a decision to train all the other soldiers in the guard regiment to become military kings.

After dark tonight, disperse all the guards of more than 1500 people and launch a comprehensive night attack on the bandits.

Lu Tianhao has also ordered the 30 assassination teams to attack the bandits.

The target of their attack was not the large group of bandits here.

They might have sneaked into Kyoto Prefecture by nightfall.

Their assassination targets were the high-ranking bandits who entered Kyoto Prefecture.

Lu Tianhao did not allow Jiao Yajun and Ding Xuguang's teams to block the attack from the left and right sides to launch a night attack.

The two blocking teams only need to stop the bandits' attack.

Now, as long as we defeat the bandit troops in the middle, the bandit troops on the left and right sides will not be a problem.

The written notice issued by Lu Tianhao did not condemn the bandits.

What he got instead was condemnation from various countries. They accused Lu Tianhao of using weapons of mass destruction and demanded that Lu Tianhao immediately stop using such weapons of mass destruction.

If Lu Tianhao still insists on using it, other countries will not hesitate to mobilize the coalition forces to impose sanctions.

All countries also pointed out that as long as Lu Tianhao was willing to give up the use of weapons of mass destruction, they would persuade the bandits not to use the people of Tianlong Kingdom as shields.

Lu Tianhao was angry. It seemed that the benevolence and morality of the great powers only existed when it did not affect their interests.

As long as their interests are threatened, all morality and justice are meaningless.

Lu Tianhao sighed. It seemed that everything still required his own strong abilities.

Since public opinion is useless, let's solve it in our own way.